Figure 1: Asset Analysis View with AI Copilot Assistance

The Asset Analysis dashboard for Pump P78 illustrates the comprehensive monitoring capabilities of XMPro’s Cyclone/Slurry Pump Monitoring Solution. This dashboard provides real-time insights into the operational efficiency, availability, quality, and performance of critical pump assets.

Key Dashboard Features:

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): Displays the OEE score of 70, highlighting a 12% increase, indicating improvements in equipment utilization.

• Benefit: Improved OEE leads to higher productivity and better return on investment.

Availability: Shows an availability score of 90, with a 2% decrease, providing insights into equipment uptime.

• Benefit: Understanding availability helps minimize downtime, ensuring continuous operations and reducing costs associated with idle machinery.

Quality: Indicates a quality score of 91, with a 1% decrease, ensuring the consistency of output quality.

• Benefit: Maintaining high-quality standards reduces waste and rework, enhancing overall product quality and customer satisfaction.

Performance: Demonstrates a performance score of 95, with a 3% increase, reflecting the efficiency of the pump operations.

• Benefit: Higher performance scores indicate more efficient operations, leading to energy savings and lower operational costs.

Pump Status and Details:

• Running Status: The pump is currently running, showcasing its active state.
• Pump Type: Centrifugal Pump.
  • Make: Kirloskar.
  • Description: Downstream Oil Pump.
  • Alerts
• Benefit: Real-time status and detailed alerts enable continuous monitoring of equipment health, allowing for timely interventions to prevent failures and extend equipment lifespan.

3D Model Visualization: An interactive 3D model of the pump provides a detailed view of the pump components, helping operators understand the internal structure and identify areas of concern.

• Benefit: Enhanced visualization aids in quick diagnosis and maintenance planning, reducing the time and effort needed to troubleshoot issues.

AI Copilot Assistance:

The AI Copilot lists common causes of discharge loss, such as clogged or blocked discharge lines, impeller wear, air or gas entrainment, incorrect pump sizing, and mechanical seal failure. This Provides actionable insights and recommendations to address these issues, enhancing the decision-making process for maintenance teams.

• Benefit: AI-driven insights help address potential problems before they escalate, optimizing maintenance schedules and reducing unplanned downtime, thus saving costs and improving operational reliability.

Actual vs Predicted RUL: A graph comparing the actual and predicted remaining useful life of the pump, allowing for proactive maintenance planning.

• Benefit: Proactive maintenance based on accurate RUL predictions helps avoid unexpected breakdowns, ensuring smoother operations and better resource allocation.

This comprehensive overview enables operators and maintenance teams to monitor pump performance effectively, identify potential issues early, and take corrective actions to maintain high operational standards and equipment reliability. By leveraging XMPro’s monitoring solution, clients can achieve greater efficiency, reliability, and cost savings, ultimately enhancing their competitive edge in harsh industrial environments.

Figure 2: Pump Health Monitoring Drilldown

The Pump Health Monitoring dashboard provides a detailed drilldown into the operational status of Pump P78 within a surface processing plant. This dashboard leverages real-time data to ensure operational continuity and maintenance optimization, offering a comprehensive view of pump health and performance.

Key Dashboard Features:

Unity View of Pump: A detailed 3D model of the pump provides a comprehensive visual representation, aiding in understanding the pump’s internal structure and identifying areas that require attention. Benefit: This detailed visualization facilitates quick diagnosis and precise maintenance planning, reducing downtime and maintenance costs.

Operational Parameters:

• • Operational Hours: Displays a total of 4860 hours per year.
  • YTD Electricity Cost: Shows the year-to-date electricity cost of $11,483.
  • CO2 Emissions: Indicates the CO2 emissions at 0.625 kgCO2/kWh.

• Benefit: Tracking these parameters helps in managing operational costs and environmental impact, supporting sustainability initiatives and cost-efficiency.

Efficiency and Health Score:

• Efficiency Gauge: Displays the current efficiency of the pump at 62%.
• Health Score: Metrics for impeller wear and bearing condition, each with a detailed gauge, allowing for quick assessments of component health.

• Benefit: Understanding efficiency and health metrics helps in optimizing pump performance, extending equipment lifespan, and ensuring reliable operations.

• Real-time View:

  • Graphical Data: Displays real-time data for discharge pressure, flow rate, and inlet pressure, allowing for continuous monitoring and analysis of pump performance.
  • View in Detail: Provides a focused view of specific operational parameters over time.

• Benefit: Real-time monitoring and detailed views enable proactive maintenance and quick response to potential issues, enhancing operational reliability and reducing unplanned downtime.

Operational Safety Intelligence:

• Hazard Description: Highlights potential hazards, such as high temperatures leading to hot surface risks.
• Control Measure: Recommends appropriate safety measures, like ensuring maintenance crew wear suitable safety gear.
• Probability Indicator: Displays the likelihood of the hazard occurring, marked as high.

Benefit: Improved safety measures and risk management protect personnel and equipment, ensuring a safer working environment and reducing liability.

Risk Indicators:

• • Bearing: Low risk.
  • Mechanical Seal: Low risk.
  • Impeller: Medium risk.
  • Anomaly Score: Low risk, indicating overall health status.

• Benefit: Identifying risk levels for key components allows for targeted maintenance efforts, preventing failures and optimizing maintenance resources.

Recommendations:

• P78 Discharge Exception: Notes an exception found in discharge pressure, indicating it is out of the efficiency range, with a timestamp for when the issue was detected (April 13, 2024, at 3:00 AM).

Benefit: Timely recommendations and alerts ensure issues are addressed promptly, maintaining pump efficiency and preventing costly breakdowns.

Work Request/Order History:

Detailed log of maintenance tasks, including work request numbers, titles, statuses, and dates, providing a comprehensive history of maintenance activities for the pump.

• Benefit: A well-documented maintenance history aids in tracking past issues and repairs, supporting continuous improvement and informed decision-making.

This detailed drilldown enables maintenance teams to act proactively, addressing potential problems before they escalate, ensuring sustained pump operation, and maintaining safety standards within the plant. By leveraging XMPro’s monitoring solution, clients can achieve greater efficiency, reliability, and cost savings, ultimately enhancing their operational performance and competitiveness.

Figure 3: Detailed Performance and Condition Monitoring

The Detailed Performance and Condition Monitoring dashboard for Pump P78 showcases the extensive data tracking capabilities of XMPro’s Cyclone/Slurry Pump Monitoring Solution. This dashboard provides in-depth insights into various operational parameters, allowing for precise monitoring and analysis.

Key Dashboard Features:

• Data Trend Visualization: The dashboard presents real-time data trends for multiple parameters including DE (Drive End) Bearing Temperature, DE Bearing Vibration, Discharge Pressure, Flow Rate, Motor Current, NDE (Non-Drive End) Bearing Temperature, and NDE Bearing Vibration. Benefit: Continuous tracking of these parameters ensures that any deviations from normal operating conditions are quickly identified, enabling prompt corrective actions.

• Interval Size Adjustment: The ability to adjust the interval size for data visualization allows users to zoom in on specific time periods for detailed analysis. Benefit: This flexibility helps in pinpointing the exact moment when anomalies occur, facilitating targeted troubleshooting and maintenance.

• Comparative Analysis: Users can compare the performance of Pump P78 over different time periods or against other pumps. Benefit: Comparative analysis aids in benchmarking performance and identifying best practices or recurring issues across different assets.

• Comprehensive Parameter Monitoring: Each parameter is tracked meticulously, providing a comprehensive overview of the pump’s operational health:

  • DE Bearing Temperature and Vibration: Monitoring these ensures that the bearing is operating within safe temperature and vibration limits, preventing overheating and mechanical failures.
  • Discharge Pressure and Flow Rate: These metrics are crucial for assessing the pump’s efficiency and effectiveness in moving slurry, ensuring optimal performance.
  • Motor Current: Tracking motor current helps in detecting electrical issues or inefficiencies in motor performance.
  • NDE Bearing Temperature and Vibration: Similar to DE metrics, these ensure that the non-drive end of the pump is also operating within safe limits.

Benefits:

• Enhanced Operational Visibility: Real-time data visualization provides a clear picture of the pump’s current condition, helping operators maintain optimal performance.
• Proactive Maintenance: Early detection of anomalies through detailed parameter monitoring allows for proactive maintenance, reducing the risk of unexpected breakdowns and extending the equipment’s lifespan.
• Efficiency Optimization: By analyzing trends and comparing performance, operators can implement strategies to enhance efficiency, leading to lower operational costs and improved productivity.
• Safety Assurance: Continuous monitoring of critical parameters ensures that the pump operates within safe limits, protecting both the equipment and personnel.

This detailed performance and condition monitoring dashboard empowers operators with the insights needed to maintain high standards of operational efficiency, reliability, and safety. By leveraging XMPro’s advanced monitoring capabilities, clients can achieve better asset management, reduced downtime, and optimized performance in harsh industrial environments.